Chethan Danivas

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About Chethan Danivas

Chethan is a Fractional CTO and seasoned AI Practitioner, Software Architect and Product Engineering Leader with extensive experience in Software Products/End-to-End AI Solutions Development and Delivery. He focuses on adopting Technical Leadership skills, Software Architecture best practices, Product Engineering expertise, Engineering Management and innovative AI/ML techniques to provide best-in-class solutions to Enterprise Business Problems. Products: Led Product Engineering and delivery of 3 products viz. SaaS AI Product (Predictive Maintenance), Enterprise Web Application Products (Hospital Information System, Retail Banking Product) spanning 12+ years. Led development of product from scratch and scaled it both at Siemens Healthcare and Avanseus (a SaaS AI product Startup). Delivered the products with high quality and within schedule- Led AI Solution development as Principal Architect (AI Solutions) for 10+ years from multiple industries including Telecom, BFSI, Retail, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities at Infosys- Also consulted on AI Strategy during the engagement. Setup and headed AI/ML CoE at Infosys that worked on advanced and emerging modeling techniques in AI/ML and highly scalable Big data, data engineering practices - supporting AI solution development. Was also involved in pre-sales and client trainings. Has extensive software industry experience with a track record of Engineering Leadership for 24+ years. It includes- Technology Strategy development and maintenance- Engineering Management, Product Engineering, Design and Architecture of SaaS AI Product, Enterprise Web Application Products- Stakeholders management, Technical Pre-Sales, Client Trainings - People management functions including hiring, competency development and mentoring. Managed Technical Managers as well with Team size of 40+ members- Application of Software Architecture methods, SoA, Microservices, Cloud Native Architecture, Data Architecture and Design patterns- Leading AI Solution development as Principal Architect (AI Solutions) for 10+ years from multiple industries - Adopting Agile Methodology, DevOps, MLOps, CI/CD, TDD - Well versed with multiple Design and Architecture Techniques, software tools and technologies, methodologies, innovative AI/ML techniques and their applicability. Adept at learning new technologies. Thought Leadership: Applied Research in AI/ML - 1 joint Patent (USPTO, Granted)- Co-Author of 2 Publications in reputed Conferences - Co-Author of 1 Book Chapter